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...that he got the U.S. into a no-win situation in Lebanon. Says G.O.P. Senator John Chafee of Rhode Island: "That shelling is terrible, completely contrary to what we stand for." Congress, however, is unlikely to do much except complain when it reconvenes this week after an eleven-day recess. Democrats are thanking their luck that they never brought to a vote resolutions mandating a pullout of the Marines, since Reagan could have then blamed them for a retreat that he later had to order on his own. Nor do they see much point in framing new resolutions that might...
Matters were not helped when Lebanon became a focal point of partisan politics. Sensing an advantageous election issue, congressional Democrats had intended to bring a resolution demanding Marine withdrawal from Lebanon before the House when Congressmen returned from an eleven-day recess on Feb. 21. Even some Republicans were sympathetic. In a provocative radio broadcast, only days before his sudden announcement of the Marine "redeployment" and the new rules for U.S. naval and aerial engagement in Lebanon, Reagan urged that the U.S. not "cut and run" from its positions. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, the President took...
...Washington, the aid vs. human rights debate over El Salvador will likely increase in stridency this week, as Congressmen return from recess to Capitol Hill. Anticipating the controversy, the Administration last week released a Salvadoran human rights assessment asserting, as the Administration has done in the past, that "important progress has been made." Among other things, the report claims a drop in the rate of violent Salvadoran civilian deaths during the latter half of 1983, to 104 monthly, but offers a blunt admission that there has been a "significant increase" in casualties attributable to death squads. The Administration...
...Committee voted to recess public discussion until Thursday, but even so the hearing may be no more than an exercise because four committee members have indicated opposition to a renewal of Lannon's contract...
...limited meal plan, offering lunch and continental breakfast, will be available to Harvard students for the first time this spring recess...